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thanks to james cavanaugh and lizz brown. lots of news to get to. it's a busy night. >> thank you. >> we'll talk to one of the reporters on the ground in ferguson, missouri, who was arrested trying to cover the story. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ female announcer ] rock a 3d white smile. with crest 3d white luxe toothpaste. only crest 3d white has whitelock technology. it removes stains within the microfine lines of your teeth... and locks out future stains. crest 3d white luxe toothpaste. life opens up with a whiter smile. >>> welcome back to "hardball." today president obama, attorney general eric holder and ohs urged authorities in ferguson to stop bullying and harassing journalists covering the protests there. over the last 24 hours reporters have been arrested, teargassed and forced to stop filming protests. two reporters, ryan reilly and wesley lowry who set up camp at a nearby mcdonald's were taken into custody after police swept into the restaurant. lowry filmed the police officers in the moments before his arrest. >> grab y

anyway, my thanks to law enforcement analyst james cavanaugh. i want to turn to former ncaa. you have eyewitness testimony in the public aregion na that's emerged and you have the circumstances that are known, the incident report that is not out there. when you look at the response from the police and the conflicting stories from the police yesterday, are you confident as you look forward to these investigations that are taking place right now one by the county police and one by the fbi are you confident that this is going to get satisfactory answers? >> no. you know, look, i think we will find ourselves at some point in a conversation about actually how the cops in this town treat this town. i mean, the chief -- folks haven't asked the question whether this chief should be fired yet. they will soon be asking it because every time he gets in front of a mike, he seems to actually provoke this community. across the country on cop cars it says that they are there to respect and protect. well, you can't protect unless had you respect. and the fact and the fact that we've seen him

we're joined by james cavanaugh and lisa bloom, nbc legal analyst.hat i heard in that testimony, if it stands up in court, is a first degree murder charge. >> absolutely. if tiffany mitchell is believed, she tells the story of a police officer shooting a man running away and with his hands up. a police officer is responsible for each bullet fired. so we don't know what happened with regard to the first bullet. the police officer says there was a scuffle in the car. let's give him the benefit of the doubt for now on that, because we don't know what happened. but multiple witnesses tell a story that mike brown is running away, he's shot in the back, he turns around around is shot again. that's first degree murder. >> jim cavanaugh, according to what we just heard from tiffany, who is the only witness we've heard from about exactly what happened at the car at that moment from that perspective, we have a first degree murder charge in the first shot, because she says that michael's hands were outside the car when that first shot was fired, and his hands w

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